In this study, different capacity laying hen farms in Afyon province, which are of a considerable importance in the laying hen farming in Turkey, were compared in the terms of performance, including feed consumption, production cost and profitability per chick and egg and the most profitable farm size was determined. Data were obtained by conducting a questionnaire research with 75 farmers. Laying hen farms were divided into three groups according to their sizes and were analyzed accordingly. It was found that higher capacity farms had a higher egg yield and a better feed efficiency. It was also found that farms with a higher capacity were advantageous in terms of the technical and economic criteria. Results showed that as farm capacity increased, production cost per hen decreased and net profit per hen increased. It was found that profit margin was negative for group I and positive for group II and III, and profit margin increased as the farm capacity increased.

Demircan, V., Koknaroglu, H., Yilmaz, H. and Dernek, Z. 2007

Tarım sektörü ekonomik, sosyal, politik ve teknik yönleriyle diğer sektörlerden farklılığı olan önemli bir sektör konumundadır. Bu nedenle ülkeler tarım sektörüne çeşitli şekillerde müdahale etmekte ve her ülke kendi önceliklerine göre farklı tarımsal destekleme politikaları uygulamaktadır. Tarımda Doğrudan Gelir Desteği (DGD) Türkiye açısından olduğu kadar dünyada da yeni sayılabilecek bir destekleme sistemidir. Bu araştırma Isparta İlinde çiftçilerin Doğrudan Gelir Desteğinden yararlanma düzeyi ile yararlanma/yararlanamama üzerine etkili olan faktörleri üreticiler açısından değerlendirmek amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Yapılan kikare (χ 2) bağımsızlık testi sonucunda DGD ödemesinden yararlanma ve yararlanmama durumu ile işletme sahibinin yaşı, tarımsal kooperatiflere üyelik, işletmeden elde edilen gayrisafi üretim değeri, işletme arazi genişliği, arazi parça sayısı, mülk arazi genişliği ve ekilen arazi genişliği değişkenleri arasında istatistikî açıdan anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur.

In this study, white and brown laying hen farms in the Afyon province, which have considerable importance in laying hen farming in Turkey, were compared in terms of performance, and profitability and the most profitable genotype was determined. Data were obtained by conducting a questionnaire with 67 farmers. Laying hen farms were divided into two groups according to their genotypes and were analyzed accordingly. It was found that white layers had higher egg yield and better feed efficiency. Egg yield and feed efficiency for white and brown laying hen farms were 79.60, 76.18% and 2.41, 2.48 kg feed/kg egg, respectively. It was also found that brown laying hen farms were advantageous in terms of economic criteria. Production cost and net profit per hen for white and brown laying hen farms were 28.62, 29.09 TL and 0.80, 3.78 TL, respectively (1 USD = 1.43 TL). The profit margin per egg for white and brown laying hen farms were 0.001, 0.010 TL/egg, respectively. The results showed that even though white laying hen farms had lower production costs, brown laying hen farms were more profitable and the reason for this was the higher price received per brown shell egg.